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G/SPS/N/CAN/551 
22 July 2011  
 (11-3699) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English/ 
 French 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  CANADA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Pest Management Regulatory Ag ency (PMRA), Health Canada 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Pesticide Acetamiprid in or on va rious food commodities (ICS Codes: 
65.020, 65.100, 67.060, 67.080) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Proposed Maximum Residue Limit:  Acetamiprid 
(PMRL2011-25)  Language(s):  English and French  Number of pages:  5 
6. Description of content:  The objective of the notified document PMRL2011-25 is to 
consult on the listed import maximum residue li mits (MRLs) for Acetamiprid that have 
been proposed by Health Canada's P est Management Regulatory Agency.  
MRL (ppm) Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity 
4.0  Caneberries (Crop Subgroup 13-07A) 
3.0  Green onions (Crop Subgroup 3-07B) 1.6  Bushberries
* (Crop Subgroup 13-07B) 
1.2  Stone fruits ** (Crop Group 12-09) 
0.6  Edible-Podded legume vegetables (Crop Subgroup 6A) 0.5  Cucurbit vegetables (Crop Group 9) 0.4  Succulent shelled peas and beans (Crop Subgroup 6B) 0.1  Tree nuts (Crop Group 14); pistachios 
0.02  Bulb onions (Crop Subgroup 3-07A) 
* Proposed to revise the currently established 0.6 ppm MRL for bushberries. 
** Proposed to revise the currently established MRLs for stone fruits (0.7 ppm for apricots, nectarines, peaches, sweet cherries and tart cherries;  0.4 ppm for dried prune plums;  and 0.2 ppm 
for plumcots, plums and prune plums). 
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  MRLs are proposed for each commodity in cluded in the listed crop groupings in 
accordance with the Residue Chemistry Crop Groups webpage (" http://www.hc-
sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/protect-pro teger/food-nourriture/rccg-gcpcr-eng.php ") in the 
Pesticides and Pest Management secti on of Health Canada's website.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other damage from pests.    
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[X] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] Yes   [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Health 
Canada website:  http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/consultations/index-eng.php , 
PMRL2011-25, posted 13 July 2011 (available in English and French) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Normally within four to five months from the 
posting of the Proposed MRL documen t on the Health Canada website. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :    
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  On the date the measure is adopted. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  26 September 2011 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification  Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
The electronic version of the regulatory text can be downloaded at:  
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/ consultations/_pmrl2011-25/index-eng.php  
(English) 
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/par t/consultations/_pmrl2011-25/index-fra.php  
(French)